Can't install Hp printer and I get a message "sorry the system printing service doesn't seem to be available"

Long stroy short I have manjro gnome with hp 415 ink tank wireless and before the latest update it was working fine then I get a message “sorry the system printing service doesn’t seem to be available” in the setting manager

and when I try to install the printer from the Hp manager I get pdd file not found and I can’t install the printer.

when I try to open the local host I the web browser fails to load the page.

The last update needed a manual intervention for the printer funcionality,just copy each command in the terminal and you are good.

sudo systemctl disable --now org.cups.cupsd.socket
sudo systemctl disable --now org.cups.cupsd.service
sudo systemctl disable --now org.cups.cupsd.path
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.service
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.socket
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.path

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I had the same issue with my hp printer, I had to reboot after inputting the commands for it to work. Just a heads up

Hi @XRaTiX, I tried that but for a few of the commands it gave me an error and asked me to enter journalctl -xe.
So I did and got…

░░  
░░ The job identifier is 4394.
Nov 29 15:21:36 ALU systemd[1]: cups.socket: Start request repeated too qui>
Nov 29 15:21:36 ALU systemd[1]: cups.socket: Failed with result 'start-limi>
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░  
░░ The unit cups.socket has entered the 'failed' state with result 'start-l>
Nov 29 15:21:36 ALU systemd[1]: Failed to listen on CUPS Scheduler.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit cups.socket has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░  
░░ A start job for unit cups.socket has finished with a failure.
░░  
░░ The job identifier is 4394 and the job result is failed.
Nov 29 15:21:36 ALU systemd[1]: Dependency failed for CUPS Scheduler.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit cups.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░  
░░ A start job for unit cups.service has finished with a failure.
░░  
░░ The job identifier is 4294 and the job result is dependency.
Nov 29 15:21:36 ALU systemd[1]: cups.service: Job cups.service/start failed>

Any help?

Many thanks

This also solved Device Installation Network / Ethernet… which was broken from the last Manjaro update

For info, tried copying all the lines into terminal in one go, didn’t work, so did them one by one, plus a reboot, all working normally again

Thanks

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